Rail-joint.



- PATENTED APR. 21, 4903.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE II. GRAY, OF OORAOPOLIS, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAIL-JOINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part'of Letters Patent No. 726,050, datedfApril 21, 1903.

Application filed April 11 1902.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H.GRAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ooraopolis, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Rail-Joints, of which improvement. the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in rail-joints, and has for its object the provision of novel means whereby the rails may be securely fastened together and rigidly secured to the cross-ties.

The present invention further aims to provide a device of this character that will be extremely simple in construction, strong, durable, and comparativelyinexpensive to manufacture; furthermore, one that will take up the jar that is caused by the heavy trains passing over the railway-joints and to provide novel means whereby the rails may be cushioned.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a tie-plate carrying an integral fishplate, said tie-plate extending under the base of the rail and having connected thereto the ordinary fish-plate, whichwill be securely seated therein.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel combina-' tion and arrangement ofi parts tobe hereinafter more fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to the accompanying drawings," forming a part of this specification, and wherein like numerals of reference indicate like parts throughoutthe several views,-in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the ends of two rails joined together with my improved tie. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the fish-plate.

In the drawings the reference-numeral 1 represents a cross-tie,-and 2 represents-the e rails.

3 represents a tie-plate having suitable openings 4 4 formed therein to receive fas tening means, such as spikes, or any means Serial No. 102,427. (No model.)

for fastening. This tie-plate carries an integral fish-plate 5,having.recesses 6 formed therein.

A brace? is formed integral with the tie-plate and fish-plate between said reoesses'fi. Openings 8 extend through the fish-plate 5 to receive bolts 10, which pass throughthe web of the rail and are secured rigidly-by means of nuts 11. The rail 2 is placed in the seat or chair 12 in the tie-plate and is'securely fastened by means of the fishplate 14, through which the bolts 10 pass. The base of the fish-plate 14 tapers toward its outer end, which end is bent downwardly and inwardly, as shown in Fig. 3, to embrace the base of the rail.

The many advantages obtained by the use of my improved rail-joint will be readily apparent from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawlngs.

It will be noted that various changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the general spirit of my invention. 7 Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- In a rail-joint, the combination with the rails, of a tie-plate formed witha transverselyarranged recess inwhich the rails are seated, an'integral fish-plate carried by said tie-plate, a removable fish-plate on the opposite side of "the rails, said removable fish-plate having the outer end of its" base portion curved inward to embrace the base of the rail, and arrangedin the recess of the said tie-plate and in engagement with one of its edges, bolts extending through the said rails, and fish-plates, and nuts on the ends of said bolts. 7

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed myname in the presence of 'two subscribing witnesses,

GEORGE H; GRAY.

In presence of JOHN GROETZINGER, M. HUNTER. 

